April 2008
“I shut my eyes in order to see.”
– Paul Gauguin (via hrrrthrrr) (via theministryoftruth)
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you...”
– Pablo Picasso (via buyhercandy)
Simko: I was pretty busy (accidentally) kicking a stiletto off and practically into an orchestra at the MoMA opening last night. Typical.
Alexander: Could be worse - I was at a benefit at the Chelsea Art Museum Saturday night and witnessed a guy knock over a sculpture and crack it. Another guy was licking a painting and rubbing it (he looked like he was on some seriously good Ecstasy).
“Museums tell a story, but not the only story. These days, artists seem to want...”
– Thanks Rach! Kathy Halbreich, the new associate director at MOMA, last night at the Artforum Art + Money discussion. Approximate quote as I was writing it down, but needless to say, I think she’s going to bring a lot to the museum. (via rach)
Artforum at The New School: Art and Money →
rach:
“Is the current boom another chapter in an older, modernist history, or is it truly unprecedented? How did contemporary art, of seemingly endless supply, become so dear? Who gets rich, who stays poor, and who decides?”
Tonight at 6:30 at 66 W 12th St.
Anyone want to come with?
I would desperately like to be present, but I’m in the Netherlands :-) Anybody have any points from...
When is a fashion ad not a fashion ad?
ohcarlos:
Above: Juergen Teller for Marc Jacobs (2007).
Shamelessness is a feature of contemporary life; it visibly afflicts the celebrity and the wannabe celebrity, but it also informs and liberates the artist. For the Rampling shoot, which was done in a Paris hotel suite, Mr. Teller thought it made sense for him to be in the ads, since he and the actress were friends and she didn’t want...
“Kunstenaars maken geen kunst, ze maken kunstwerken. Kunstwerken doen iets in de...”
– stelde Pavel Büchler in een interview. Wàt het kunstwerk in gang zet, is niet alleen afhankelijk van die relatie tussen kunstenaar, werk en publiek maar ook van de context waarin het werk wordt gepresenteerd. Dat geldt zeker ook voor Büchlers eigen werk. (via van Abbe museum, op museum.nl)
Ten Thousand Cents →
aaronwhite:
joelaz: 10,000 people around the world were each paid $0.01 to draw a section of a $100 bill, not knowing that they were working together to create a piece of art. Powered by Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Cool project; great they used money as the subject.
“The collector is the true resident of the interior. The collector dreams his way...”
– Walter Benjamin (via rach)
Gatekeepers to the Art World
ohcarlos:
On a balmy Saturday afternoon in far west Chelsea, the après-brunch art stroll gathers force, as the gallery tourists emerge from winter hibernation. Snippets of gossip in a confetti of languages! Purse pooches! Let’s see who you’re wearing, let’s see who’s on the walls. Springtime warmth dances friskily along West 24th.
Until you step behind the opaque gallery doors that line the...
